* Madara noted that he could not become the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki with his [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated body]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 614, pages 5-6</ref> Obito managed to have the reincarnated jinchūriki host their tailed beasts again as a result of using the [[chakra receiver]] and the [[Outer Path]] to temporarily bind the tailed beasts to their jinchūriki.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 570 page 4</ref>

* Madara noted that he could not become the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki with his [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated body]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 614, pages 5-6</ref> Obito managed to have the reincarnated jinchūriki host their tailed beasts again as a result of using the [[chakra receiver]] and the [[Outer Path]] to temporarily bind the tailed beasts to their jinchūriki.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 570 page 4</ref>

* [[Minato Namikaze]] had the [[Yin]] half of [[Kurama]] [[Dead Demon Consuming Seal|sealed]] into his own soul right before his death: because of this, he could access the [[Nine-Tails Chakra Mode]] after being [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] by [[Orochimaru]],<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 631, page 9</ref> and since Kurama's chakra sealed into him has a consciousness of its own he is considered as a true jinchūriki.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 642, page 17</ref>

* [[Minato Namikaze]] had the [[Yin]] half of [[Kurama]] [[Dead Demon Consuming Seal|sealed]] into his own soul right before his death: because of this, he could access the [[Nine-Tails Chakra Mode]] after being [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] by [[Orochimaru]],<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 631, page 9</ref> and since Kurama's chakra sealed into him has a consciousness of its own he is considered as a true jinchūriki.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 642, page 17</ref>

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* In the anime, the six Jinchūriki that were used as [[Obito]]'s [[Six Paths of Pain]], all shared a voice actor with one of each others respective TailedBeast.

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* In the anime, the six jinchūriki that were used as [[Obito]]'s [[Six Paths of Pain]], all shared a voice actor with one of each others respective tailedbeast.

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Each tailed beast's most recent jinchūriki.

The jinchūriki (人柱力, Literally meaning: Power of Human Sacrifice) are humans that have tailed beasts sealed within them. They exhibit extraordinary powers due to the immense chakra reserves they possess.

The jinchūriki are typically lonely people, viewed by those around them as the tailed beasts that had been sealed within them, leading to prejudice and being hated and feared. According to Deidara, the first two jinchūriki Akatsuki had captured loathed humanity, and their villages were in fact glad to be rid of them.[1] However, some jinchūriki refuse to waver, even though they have been shunned, and they eventually earned respect. Such examples include Naruto Uzumaki, Killer B, Yagura, Yugito Nii, and Gaara.

By the time of the formation of the shinobi villages, Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, used his Wood Releasekekkei genkai to capture and give several tailed beasts to the other shinobi villages as peace treaties, in order to stabilise the balance of power between them.[4] The Second Kazekage of Sunagakure was the first to research the jinchūriki, with the other villages following soon after, with hopes to use the beasts as weapons in human hosts, or in Konohagakure's case, keep the beasts from doing harm to their village. In order to prevent the jinchūriki from turning traitor, it is tradition for the host to be selected from the family of the village's own Kage. In this way, the jinchūriki not only has strong ties of loyalty to village and their leader, but they also serve to show off the Kage's might.[5] For example, Gaara is the son of the Fourth Kazekage, and Killer B is the adoptive brother and partner of the Fourth Raikage.

It's been shown some sort of compatibility between the tailed beast and the potential jinchūriki is required;[6][7] to become the host of the Ten-Tails, one must be a fully living person, as opposed to having an undead body created by Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation.[8] If the tailed beast is removed from its jinchūriki's body, the jinchūriki will die. Similarly, if the jinchūriki dies with the tailed beast still sealed within them, the beast will die too. Because of this, the tailed beasts tend to be very protective of their jinchūriki, and will take any action whenever their lives are in danger. However, it is revealed that the tailed beasts can actually survive their jinchūriki's deaths, with the only consequence being that it will take time for them to revive without a host.[9][10] Also, rare exceptions of a jinchūriki surviving an extraction may occur, if the said host has high enough stamina.[11]

The seal that keeps the tailed beast within its female jinchūriki is at its weakest when she is in childbirth,[12] due to the nurturing of the child in the womb taking precedence over the reinforcement of the seal, which weakens the seal in direct proportion. As such, a ninja is required to keep the seal intact during childbirth, and restore the seal back to full power afterwards. A full-term pregnancy for a female jinchūriki is about ten months.[13]

Abilities

Transformations

Techniques

With the jinchūriki's access to the tailed beasts' massive chakra reserves and training, they make use of the tailed beasts' considerable abilities to develop their own unique fighting styles: Gaara manipulates sand, Yugito breathes fire, Yagura materialises coral, Rōshi creates and manipulates lava, Utakata produces corrosive alkali, Fū is capable of flight,[14] Killer B produces ink, and Naruto has quick regeneration and can detect negative emotions. As the jinchūriki transform themselves into the likeness of their tailed beasts, it further increases the power of their abilities.

Control

The jinchūriki have the potential to control their tailed beasts' power, but require intense training and sheer willpower in order to properly wield it. According to Gerotora, whenever the jinchūriki draws out a certain amount of the tailed beasts' chakra, the beasts' very own psyche will fuse along with it, which usually involves an inner struggle between them as the jinchūriki goes deeper into their tailed beasts' forms. If a jinchūriki were to completely give into its influence, the seal will break and the tailed beast will be released.[15] For the jinchūriki to have complete control, they must find something to fill in the void of loneliness within their hearts to give them strength.[16]

Similar Cases

When someone possesses the tailed beast's chakra but not the beast itself, that person is considered a pseudo-jinchūriki (人柱力もどき, jinchūrikimodoki, English TV: Simulated-jinchūriki).[21] There have been three successful cases of this thus far:

At one point during the time of the foundation of the shinobi villages, the Gold and Silver Brothers of Kumogakure were assigned to capture Kurama, but the fox swallowed them whole. However, the two brothers managed to survive and gain some of its power by eating the flesh of its stomach for two weeks, which caused Kurama to regurgitate them.[22] They also had similar facial markings to those of Naruto, something that not even the previous true jinchūriki of Kurama, Mito and Kushina Uzumaki, possessed.[23] An unnamed Kumo-nin also tried to copy their method by eating one of Gyūki's tentacles, but instead of becoming a jinchūriki, he died as a result. It is said that Kinkaku and Ginkaku were "something special" and is stated by the Fourth Raikage that they may be distantly related to the Sage of the Six Paths.[24]

In the anime, Sora only had a residual amounts of Kurama's chakra sealed into him, granting him similar abilities to those of a true jinchūriki, though his were vastly inferior. This chakra required a container and was dispersed into nothingness once it was released from Sora's body.

Fukai, the jinchūriki of Gyūki before Killer B, died after the ox was extracted from him.[25] However, in the anime, when he was reincarnated by Kabuto, Gyūki's chakra was implanted into him thus giving him abilities similar to those he had in life.[26]

In the anime, Yūkimaru had the ability to partially control Isobu.[27] Isobu was not actually sealed inside of Yūkimaru however, and thus, he was not a true jinchūriki.

In the anime, Kabuto Yakushi used his Body Recreation Technique with some of Kurama's chakra in order to create a clone of Naruto's four-tailed form. Proving too powerful for Kabuto's control, the clone is able to siphon Kurama's chakra to temporarily increase his power.[28]

In Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds, both Amaru and Shinnō had each tapped into the power of the Zero-Tails at different times, which was sealed within the Land of the Sky; however, because the Zero-Tails is not an actual tailed beast, nor was the creature sealed in either of them, Amaru and Shinnō are not considered jinchūriki.

Trivia

Because of the moon's origin and it being the holder of the Ten-Tails' body, tailed beast and subsequently their jinchūriki are effected by it, and much more so during a full moon.

According to Gaara, Shukaku relishes the opportunity to kill anyone in sight at any time because of its innate rage and blood-lust, but especially so during the full moon.[29]

In the anime, Fukai, during his time as Gyūki's jinchūriki, noted that he would have trouble sleeping at night, especially during a full moon and at one point was shown to have to suppress a partial manifestation of Gyūki's tail after he had been staring at the full moon. Fukai was also shown to take sleep pills to help with this side-effect of being a jinchūriki.[30]

Gaara died when Akatsuki removed Shukaku from his body,[31] but he was later revived through the combined effort of Chiyo and Naruto.[32] Although he no longer has Shukaku sealed within him, Gaara still retains the ability to manipulate sand.

Kushina is the only known jinchūriki who has survived the extraction of her tailed beast, due to her clan's vitality.[11]

The concept of a pseudo-jinchūriki was explored in an anime-exclusive arc, in which Sora was revealed to have had residual chakra from Kurama, collected after it rampaged Konoha, sealed into him. This happened before the introduction of the concept in the manga with the Gold and Silver Brothers.

The children of female jinchūriki seem to display influences from the tailed beast. The sole example being Naruto who has whisker-like cheek markings which are also exhibited by the Gold and Silver Brothers who were swallowed by Kurama. This also seems to be the case if a tailed beast is sealed within a child while they are still in the womb. This might be the reason behind Gaara's permanent eye-markings while the same ones exhibited by his father, are temporary.

Isobu is the only known tailed beast to have a jinchūriki from two separate villages, both Kirigakure and Konohagakure.

The English dub contained a few errors on what a jinchūriki is: for instance, Shikamaru says in Naruto: Shippūdenepisode 83 that Hidan and Kakuzu are looking for the "jinchūriki inside Naruto", instead of saying the "Fox inside Naruto" or the "tailed beast inside Naruto".

Madara noted that he could not become the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki with his reincarnated body.[34] Obito managed to have the reincarnated jinchūriki host their tailed beasts again as a result of using the chakra receiver and the Outer Path to temporarily bind the tailed beasts to their jinchūriki.[35]